At the least 16 folks had been killed on Sunday as two gunmen opened fireplace at Australia’s Bondi Seaside in an assault that focused a Jewish occasion, in accordance with police in New South Wales, Australia.
“Police can affirm 16 folks have died and 40 folks stay in hospital following yesterday’s capturing at Bondi,” according to an replace from the NSW police pressure Sunday afternoon. An earlier police replace stated 29 folks had been injured, together with two law enforcement officials.
A suspect was additionally killed and a “second alleged shooter is in a vital situation,” police stated in an announcement issued at about 9 p.m. native time. It is unclear whether or not police are counting the deceased alleged gunman among the many lifeless.
Earlier Sunday, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns stated that 11 folks had died within the capturing, including that police had designated the capturing as a “terrorism occasion.”
“This assault was designed to focus on Sydney’s Jewish neighborhood on the primary day of Hanukkah,” Minns stated at first of a press convention on Sunday.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the assault as an “act of evil antisemitism.”
Armed police work on the scene after a capturing incident at Bondi Seaside in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 14, 2025.
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As gunfire erupted alongside the favored waterfront on Sunday night, tons of of beachgoers may very well be seen fleeing from the north facet of the seaside, in accordance with a video taken on the scene at 6:42 p.m. and verified by ABC Information. Police stated the primary name for a report of pictures fired got here in at about 6:45 p.m.
“The scenes in Bondi are surprising and distressing,” Albanese stated in a statement. “Police and emergency responders are on the bottom working to save lots of lives. My ideas are with each individual affected.”
This screengrab comprised of a handout video footage courtesy of Timothy Brant-Coles exhibits two gunmen wearing black firing a number of pictures on a bridge at Bondi Seaside in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025.
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Police of their first social media message urged the general public to keep away from the world. Anybody who was there was informed to hunt shelter.
“Two individuals are in police custody at Bondi Seaside; nonetheless, the police operation is ongoing and we proceed to induce folks to keep away from the world,” police stated in a subsequent message about 40 minutes later. “Please obey ALL police instructions. Don’t cross police strains.”
Photographs from the scene confirmed a heavy police presence and emergency response, together with a number of folks being transported by stretchers.
Police stroll on a avenue after a capturing incident at Bondi Seaside in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025.
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Video shared with ABC News exhibits a bystander who was hid behind a automobile rush in, deal with and disarm one of many alleged shooters. The bystander then factors the weapon on the alleged gunman, who walks away. New South Wales Police confirmed to ABC Information that the person seen within the video disarming the shooter was injured and was hospitalized for remedy of unspecified accidents.
The Australian Jewish Affiliation described the capturing as occurring at an occasion being held on the seaside to mark the start of Hanukkah celebrations.
“Please pray for the Australian Jewish neighborhood,” the group stated in an announcement.
Chabad, the Jewish group that was internet hosting the Hannukah occasion at Bondi Seaside, stated in an announcement that Eli Schlanger, an assistant Rabbi, was killed within the assault.
Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi with Chabad of Bondi, who was killed within the Bondi Seaside assault on Dec. 14, 2025, in accordance with Chabad of Bondi.
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French International Minister Jean-Noël Barrot additionally recognized a kind of killed as Dan Elkayam, saying in a statement that he “is among the many victims of the vile terrorist assault that struck the Jewish households gathered on Bondi Seaside in Sydney on the primary day of Hanukkah.”
“We mourn together with his household and family members, with the Jewish neighborhood and the bereaved Australian folks,” Barrot’s assertion additional stated.
Sussan Ley, a minister who leads Australia’s opposition get together, stated in a statement that the capturing amounted to “hateful violence hanging on the coronary heart of an iconic Australian neighborhood.”
“This assault occurred as our Jewish neighborhood got here collectively on the Chanukah by the Sea celebration,” Ley stated. “This was a celebration of peace and hope for the longer term, severed by hate.”
Well being employees put a affected person into an ambulance after a capturing incident at Bondi Seaside in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog issued an announcement condemning the capturing in Sydney, calling it a “terrorist assault” on the Jewish neighborhood.
“At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a really merciless assault on Jews who went to mild the primary candle of Chanukah on Bondi Seaside,” he stated.
Emergency employees transport an individual on a stretcher after a reported capturing at Bondi Seaside, in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 14, 2025.
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Albanese in his assertion stated he was in touch with New South Wales officers, together with the native premier.
“We’re working with the NSW Police and can present additional updates as extra info is confirmed,” he stated. “I urge folks within the neighborhood to comply with info from the NSW Police.”
FBI Director Kash Patel stated American officers had been in touch with their counterparts in Australia.
“It is a huge, advanced investigation that has solely simply begun,” Minns stated.
ABC Information’ Luke Barr, Jordana Miller, Victoria Beaule and Camilla Alcini contributed to this report.
